TLC Presents – Black Las Vegas: In Through the Back Door

Client: TLC
Format: Documentary
Broadcast: 2004
Duration: 60 minutes

WINNER: Bronze Telly, New York Festival Award, 2004 Silver World Medal

Over the course of thirty years Las Vegas, a city run by power, money, and numbers also ran under the notion and ideas of segregation told through the personal accounts of artists like Della Reese and The Commodores.  This one hour special produced and edited for KPITV weaves live musical performances with archival material and original footage, creating a powerful visual tapestry that allows the audience to visit the past without losing the vitality of the present.  Katherine Linton was the Writer, Producer, and Director.